03-30-2020, 01:35 PM
(03-29-2020, 10:39 PM)Spandaubaggie Wrote:Yes, but being able to fly all over the world is a privilege we take for granted. Like many things, we have been lucky so far. This is a reminder that there is a price to pay for that privilege and many countries are much better at handling this. I went to Oz during our foot and mouth breakout. The entry procedure was thorough to a point I've never seen in the UK. We need to be more careful. If that comes at a cost, or more likely takes longer, then so be it.(03-29-2020, 07:44 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote:(03-29-2020, 07:37 PM)Spandaubaggie Wrote:We are surrounded by sea it kept the Germans out !(03-29-2020, 07:30 PM)Kit Kat Chunky Wrote:(03-29-2020, 07:21 PM)Black Lake Victoria Wrote: It interesting that Italy & the UK had their first confirmed cases on the same day 30th January. Ours a Chinese couple in York, Italy's in Rome.
We should have shut the fucking borders, or strict 14 days quarantine for anyone coming in.
We kept rabies off our shores for years, yet we let people come in from Corona hit countries, and dont test them?
Very idealistic armed with hindsight. This has spread everywhere pretty quickly and damage limitation is the game now.
Germany seem to be the ones getting the best handle on it.
1939 is a long time ago. Its an invisible virus not squadrons flying over the channel.
We've an interconnected world with thousands of flights each day. That’s why it’s effected everywhere.